Walking doll



H. E. PRICE WALKING DOLL Aug. 26, 1958 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 24,1956 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

H. E. PRICE WALKING DOLL Aug. 26, 1958 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 24,1956 Herberi' E. P6566 INVENTOB ATTORNEYS.

Aug. 26, 1958 H. E. PRICE 2,848,333

WALKING DOLL Filed April 24, 1956 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR flerfierl"H7066 ATTORNEY Unit 15 wxrme n'oLLf I r HerbertE. Price, Auckland, NewZeaiand Application April 24, 1956, serial No. 580,262 cacntms. Cl.'46'-1d5) This invention relates to a walking or 'animated doll.

An object of. this inv'entionIis to provide in faidoll construction, animproved me'chanismffor effejcting walking of the doll and motion to thearms thereof. I

.Another object of this invention is to provide in a walking doll aspring motor with 'cam operatedlevers in each leg for effecting movementof each leg and also movement of each arm.

A further object of'thisinvention is to provide an improved legmechanism which in'cludes'the alternate projection and retraction of. aroller in each leg, and

thealternateprojection.andretraction of a pusher foot 9 .ineachleg;

" 'With the foregoing .and other objects inview which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details ofconstruction and combinations of parts, jhereinafteif more fullydescribed and pointed out in the claimsj it being understood thatchanges -may, be made in. the. construction .and, arrangement of partswithout departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed? Referringto the drawings:

Figure 1 is a detail front elevation of a figure toy constructedaccording to an embodiment of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a detail side elevation of the device.

Fig. 3 is a skeleton view showing the operating mechanism within thebody and legs of the toy.

Fig. 4 is a detail side elevation of the operating mechanism.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 55 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 66 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on line 77 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 8 is a detail side elevation of one of the operating levers.

Fig. 9 is a detail side elevation of anotherone of the operating levers.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the connecting link between theoperating levers and the foot lever.

Fig. 11 is a bottom plan view of one of the feet.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 15 designates generally a framestructure embodying outer plates 16 and 17 and an intermediate plate 18.The plates 16, 17 and 18 are connected together by means of bolts 19 and20 and an intermediate bolt 21 is secured between plate 17 andintermediate plate 18. The bolts 19 and 20 also provide means forsupporting and spacing the intermediate plae 18 with respect to theouter plates 16 and 17. A spring motor generally indicated at 22, isdisposed within the frame 15 and includes a spring 23 with a springoperated drive shaft 24. The drive shaft 24 has one gear 25 of a geartrain generally indicated at 26, fixed thereto. The gear train extendsto the outer end of the frame 15 and includes a double blade governor 27mounted on the gear shaft 28. An obtusely angled stop lever 29 ismounted on a pivot member 30 secured to outer. plate 'lTandithe stoplever 29 inclii es an butwa y p i cf e' e l,icr nk'jl ver 31 ibyf nieanfdf W t eobt 'cl an e woo ver. 9i1fiay beswnn' upw rd y o si n ag ng"posoflor'mav wuflg outwardly and downwardly to governofr' b g P n- A lowergeari32 mounted on a shaft 33 rneshes'with driving gear 25. The shaft 33extendsbetween plates 16 and i7 and. loosely engages throughintermediateplate '18. -.Sh aft 33 has. fixed'atjeachpnd' thereon a pair 1 ofoppositely disposed circular cam members 34 and 35. Carjnrnember 34 isan inner cammember and rotatably engages within a ring 36 formed at anintermediate point in an elongated lever 37. The lever 37 isprovidedfwith a longitudinally elongated slot 38 through which a headedbolt 39 loosely engages. The belt. 39 is securedjinthe lower portion ofplate17. The lever '37 is formed with ;an ofis'et lower .end'40 .andtheupper end of the lever 37 includes an obtusely angled arm or lever 41;''The lever 41 constitutes an arm operating lever and the upper end oflever 41 is connected by means of a sliding bolt 42 tofa crank arm 43.The arm-1'43 is pivotally secured as. at 44 to'the upper end portion ofthe plate 17 Crank arm 43 is provided with a longitudinallyelongatedslot 45 within which the pin or bolt 42 slidably engages."Car'n member 35 engages within a can ring 46 disposed atthe upper end,of an elongated-foot operating lever 47.' The .lever'4-7, is providedwith an ofisetrlower portion 48 on the :lowerjend of'which 'a roller 49is rotatably rnounted. Leverjffiis providedwithfalongitudinallyelongated slot .Sfijthrdugh which a pivot bolt 51 loosely engages. Thebelt 51 extendsthroughfan arm 52 forming part of a i Urshaped membergenerally indicated at ,53, which is .Tca'rried by a fiat bar or link54. x The upper end of the 'bar or link 54 'is'secure'd by meanscf ascrew 55 to the lever 37. The bar or link 54 includes an ofiset lowerportion 56 having an elongated slot 57 through which a screw 58 looselyengages, the screw 58 being secured in the upper end of a footsupporting lever 59. The foot supporting lever generally indicated at 59is pivotally secured as by a bolt 60 to the lower end portion of lever37, the bolt 66 loosely engaging through an opening 61 formed in thelower portion of lever 37. Bolt 60 also passes through an elongatedlower slot or opening 62 which is formed in the lower portion 48 oflever 47. Foot operating lever 59 is provided with a right-angularlydisposed lower end 63 through which a screw 64 is threaded and the screw64 provides a means for attaching an apertured base plate 65 to thelower end or flange 63. The plate 65 forms the sole or bottom of a shoegenerally indicated at 66. The foot supporting lever 59 is adapted to berocked by rocking movement of link 54 by the slidable motion of the bolt58 in the slot 57, the bolt 53 being secured to the upper portion oflever 59. The shoe 66 has a hollow leg 67 secured thereon, and the leg67 encompasses the levers 37, 47, 59 and 54. A hollow torso element 68loosely encompasses the motor frame 15 and the torso member 68 includesa neck portion 69 on which a head 70 is mounted. The pivot 44 of thecrank arm 43 has mounted thereon a rubber or resilient stud '71 aboutwhich a socket 72 engages. The socket 72 is formed at the upper or innerend 73 of an arm 74. Each foot 66 has formed in the bottom plate 65thereof an elongated slot 75 through which the roller 49 is adapted tobe extended. The spring 23 is wound by means of a tubular projection 76which extends laterally through the torso 68 at a point below one of thearms 74.

In the use and operation of this toy the spring motor 22 is wound up bywinding the shaft 76. At this time the locking lever 29 is in the lockedposition shown in Fig. 5. Downward rocking of lever 31 which extendsoutwardly through the rear of the torso 68 as shown 3 in Fig. 2, willrelease governor 27. At this time the gear train is set in motion andthe leg operating shaft 33 will rotate the cams 34 and 35 so as toeflFect forward and rearward swinging with up and down motion with thelevers 37 and 47. As lever 47 is raised roller 49 is moved upwardlyabove the bottom of plate 65, and the opposite pair of cams 34 and 35which operate alternately V supporting lever, a second pin and slotconnection beor in opposite directions to the first pair of cams willefifect downward movement of lever 47. As lever 47 on one side islowered the rocking of the pairs of levers 37 and 47 will effectanimation to the legs so that one leg will move forward and the roller49 is projected below a foot, and the other, legwill remain stationaryat the bottom in view of the contact of the sole plate 65 with thesupporting surface. The construction of the toy hereinbefore describedis such as to provide animation -or motionto both the legs and the arms,and this animation is effected without having the toy tip over. a

What is claimed is: v

1. In a walking doll toy of the class describedpthe combination of atorso, a pair of side plates in said torso, means securing said sideplates together, a spring motor secured between said side plate, a driveshaft extending from said motor and rotatable by said motor, a geartrain operable by said drive shaft, a leg operating shaft extendingbetween and through said side plates and operable by said gear train, apair of cam members mounted on each endof said leg operating shaftexteriorly of its adjacent side plate the cams of each pair being offsetrelative to the corresponding cam of the opposite pair, a pair ofelongated leg levers and a pair of foot operating levers, each leverhaving a ring therein, the ring of each lever engaging one of said camsfor oscillating movement relative to said leg operating shaft, a pair offlat bars pivotally secured to each elongated leg levers, a pair of footsupporting levers, a pin and slot connection between each flat bar andits associated foot tween each elongated leg lever and its associatedfoot operating lever, a roller pivotally mounted to the lower extremityof each foot operating lever, a right angled portion at the extremity ofeach foot supporting lever, shoe portions each including a base platehaving a slot therein, said rollers projecting through said slots, theeccentric motion of said rings of said elongated leg levers and saidfoot operating levers about said cams causing progressive extension ofone of said rollers as each leg is successively advanced while the otherof said rollers is retracted so that the opposite leg lever and footoperating'lever remain stationary.

2. The structure of claim 1 wherein said torso is provided withoppositely disposed arm portions mounted for oscillating movementadjacent the shoulders, a crank arm secured to the pivot point of eachof said arm portions, an obtusely angled extension on each leg lever, apin and slot connection between each extension and its associated crankarm, the arrangement being such that each arm swings rearwardly as theopposite leg swings forwardly. l

37 The structure of claim 1 including a governor actuable by said geartrain, anda bell crank lever having one end extending exteriorly of saidtorso and its other end engageable with said governor to selectivelyactuate and de-actuate the mechanism.

4. The structure of claim '2 including a governor actuable by said geartrain, and a bell crank lever having one end extending exteriorly ofsaid torso and its other end engageable with said governor toselectively actuate and de-actuate the mechanism.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,147,215 Price Feb. 14, 1939 w-riI.

